Murray Watt
Australia’s emergency plan starts with carpooling, escalates to fuel caps
Environment Minister Murray Watt on Wednesday dismissed the prospect of a cap at $40, as that figure was used as a hypothetical example seven years ago.
- Brittany Busch
Latest
The $100 million windfall that quickly turned from a blessing into a curse
With Barack Obama and Ellen DeGeneres plugging the cause, donations poured into a bushfire emergency fund. Infighting followed.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Revealed: How salmon politics trumped the environment
A freedom-of-information release reveals formal advice that salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour should cease while approval is reconsidered under federal environmental laws. The government backed the industry instead.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
- Opinion
- One Nation
Hanson’s surge is just a protest vote? The one notion that imperils Liberals
At the last two elections, the Coalition parties have remained largely immovable. Their voters, on the other hand, have been willing to shift.
- Sean Kelly
- Exclusive
- Mardi Gras
From protest to party: Sydney’s Mardi Gras route added to the national heritage register
The first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade began nearly 50 years ago with the rallying cry “out of the bars and into the streets”. Now the Oxford Street route will be recognised for its significance to Australian history and culture.
- Megan Gorrey
Released emails reveal heavy political lobbying as massive gas project extended
Woodside asked the government to ensure its media messaging “aligned” with the gas giant’s, as negotiations over its North West Shelf project continued.
- Bianca Hall
- Exclusive
- Crime
Snakes on a plane, skinks in the post: The slippery and growing problem of animal smuggling
Thousands of native animals are being stuffed into toys, boots and electrical goods by crime syndicates cashing in on the growing international black market for rare pets, which is being fuelled by social media.
- Grant McArthur
Opposition demands sacking of CFMEU administrator, government says call ‘ridiculous’
Opposition MPs were on Wednesday calling for the administrator to resign for an “industrial-scale cover-up”, referring to reporting in this masthead.
- Mike Foley
- Editorial
- Nationals
Coalition’s dispiriting meltdown has consequences far beyond its own ranks
The nation needs a functioning opposition and careful, thoughtful debate in these difficult days. Neither looks likely to surface before parliament resumes.
- The Age's View
- Analysis
- Climate crisis
Climate whiplash: We can no longer pretend this isn’t a crisis
Australia has been riven by fires and floods this summer. What will it take to make policymakers treat this as the crisis it is?
- Bianca Hall